Internal medicine journal
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Internal medicine journal · Dec 2023
The characteristics and perceptions to utilising Telehealth of predominantly middle-aged to older, metropolitan-based general medical patients.
Effective post-pandemic telehealth (TH) requires understanding patients' characteristics and perceptions, which have not been established in broader clinical services and are independent of TH appointments. ⋯ From predominantly middle-aged to older, metropolitan-based general medical patients completing the survey, most patienpreferred face-to-face appointments to TH. Health services should subsidise those in need of TH and target the patients' barriers to effective TH use.